State of New South Wales v Anderson (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1970

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Anderson (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1970 Hearing dates: 14 December 2015 Date of orders: 18 December 2015 Decision date: 18 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wilson J Decision: 1. Pursuant to s 17(1)(b) of the Act the defendant be the subject of a high risk sex offender continuing detention order for a period of 12 months from the date of the order.

2. Pursuant to s 20(1) of the Act that a warrant issue forthwith for the committal of the defendant to a correctional centre for the period specified in Order (1) above.

3. Pursuant to ss 5C and 9(1)(a) of the Act the defendant, for a period of 5 years from the date of the expiry of the continuing detention order, be subject to an extended supervision order and, pursuant to section 11 of the Act direct that, for the period of the extended supervision order, the defendant comply with the conditions set out below in the Schedule to these Orders.

4. Any reports prepared for the purposes of Order 1 to be provided to any Corrective Services New South Wales officers involved in assessing, managing or supervising the defendant and any psychiatrist, psychologist and/or other health care practitioner involved in assessing, treating and/or counselling the defendant. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – high risk sex offender – continuing detention order – interim supervision orders in place – psychiatric evidence - whether adequate supervision will be provided by an extended supervision order Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2013 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v McGuire [2015] NSWSC 152 Director of Public Prosecutions WA v Williams [2007] WASCA 206; (2007) 176 A Crim R 110 State of New South Wales v Anderson [2015] NSWSC 1515 State of New South Wales v Anderson (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1679 State of New South Wales v Anderson (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1871 State of New South Wales v Conway [2011] NSWSC 588 New South Wales v Graeme Allan Reed (Preliminary) [2011] NSWSC 625 State of New South Wales v KAS [2012] NSWSC 1139 State of New South Wales v Richardson (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 276 State of New South Wales v Thomas (Preliminary) [2011] NSWSC 118 State of New South Wales v Thomas (Final) [2011] NSWSC 307 R v Anderson (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), James and Finlay JJ, 19 October 1994, unrep) R v Anderson [2002] NSWCCA 304 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Ronald Anderson (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Kell (Plaintiff) P Coady (Defendant)